Category: 21st Century Lessons
I was selected to present at the 2016 EdTech Conference. I was happy that my presentation was well received by those who attended. My session took advanced users through…
Every now and then children need to clean their rooms. A similar requirement is necessary for students concerning their computers. Staying digitally organized is an important skill to learn…
When one of the Art teachers explained that she was was part of the Language Arts Enrichment Wheel, and she had an idea, I got very excited! The…
The new Health and PE teacher did his student teaching in Chesterfield county last year. He mentioned talking with his cooperating teacher and getting ideas. When he explained…
The HOX Morning News is an important part of Pocahontas Middle School. Students volunteer to fulfill all the necessary roles: anchors, director, telepromptor. Teams of four student run…
The Social Studies Department at Pocahontas Middle school organized an amazing Veteran’s Day assembly. This school wide event included music performed by the band, orchestra and chorus. Teachers and students…
The beginning of the year is the perfect time to review the Teaching Innovation Progress Chart. I lead a norming activity with teachers in the various departments. Using a…
Pocahontas Middle School teacher work so hard to make their classrooms engaging. The creativity they bring to their lessons is amazing and part of that is allowing students…
I wanted to give students an opportunity to share work they were proud of. I set up a Google form and a virtual Google Dropbox so that students…
As part of our school’s committment to student safety, we deveoted portions of the school day throughout the year to internet safety lessons. This lesson was a simple…
This 2013-14 Henrico 21 Project Winner was a culminating cultural celebration for IB Spanish I classes. Students research true cultural cuisine to create the menus for their theme…
Have you ever wanted to be a Professional Pinner? Someone who gets paid to find and pin items to a Pinterest Board for a company or business? Today…
Recently the March/April issue of Learning & Leading with Technology arrived at my door. This issue contained a great article describing how critiques could be used successfully in…